1. Entergy Actual Peak Load and Peak Load Forecast Postings

2. What are Load Postings?
Per FERC Order 890, all Transmission Providers must post Actual Peak Loads and Forecasted Peak Loads on OASIS
Entergy Started posting flat files of Actual Peak Load and Hourly Forecasted Loads for the Native Load and System Load in July 2007
Subsequently FERC Order 676 E required posting these loads on OASIS so that these can be queried using NAESB developed templates.
Entergy started posting Actual Peak Loads and Load Forecasts using these templates.

3. Native vs. System Load
Native Loads are the values of Entergy’s metered load
System Loads are the values for the total load that includes non-Entergy loads within the Entergy BA Area

4. Actual vs. Forecasted Load
Actual Peak Load data is the peak hourly MW Load that occurred for the previous day
One entry per day
Forecasted Peak Load is the forecasted peak hourly MW Load that is expected to occur in the future
Currently Entergy posts 35 days into the future
Since the forecasted peaks for a given day can change, it sometimes results in more than one peak load forecast value for a day
Requirement is to post only a single forecasted peak value for the next day

5. Why are there multiple records for Forecasted Peak Load?
Since Forecasted Load is currently posted for future days, a change in peak load forecast value for a given day may create multiple values for that day based on postings made on different days.
An additional record is created if the hour in which the maximum MW value occurs shifts from previous days
If a different MW value for the daily peak load is forecasted but it is for the same hour, then that is reflected in the Audit log

6. Concern
Requirement is to post forecasted peak load as a single MW hourly value for next day
Current daily postings for 35 days into future is causing multiple peak load values for a given day

7. Solution
Entergy is going to post only a single MW peak load value for the next day in compliance with requirements so that only a single value is available for a given day
Posting will be done every day for the next day based on the latest available forecast.
These Peak Load Forecast values will not be overwritten by any subsequent forecasts

8. Conclusion
Entergy has changed its Load Posting methodology to using the OASIS templates
Actual Load Postings are for the previous day and only create one record a day
Forecasted Load Postings currently are for 35 days in the future and may create multiple records
Entergy is going to fix this problem in near future by posting a single forecasted peak load value only for next day to comply with the requirements

9. HOW TO ACCESS ACTUAL PEAK LOAD & PEAK LOAD FORECAST POSTINGS ON ENTERGY OASIS

10. Load Posting Data on webOASIS
The Load Posting data can be found under the “Sys Data” tab of webOASIS

11. Filters on System Data Screen
The System Data screen has a set of filters to assist in finding the Load Posting data

12. Filters on System Data The TP should be set to EES
The Type should be set to LOAD_ZONE

13. Filters on System Data
The Attributes field allows the choice of four options:
NATIVE_ACTUAL_LOAD
NATIVE_FORECASTED_LOAD
SYSTEM_ACTUAL_LOAD
SYSTEM_FORECASTED_LOAD
Entergy does not use the ZONE attributes

14. Filters on System Data
The Time filters determine what records are retrieved in webOASIS
The Start, Stop, and Active options use the Start Time and Stop Time fields to retrieve records

15. Filters on System Data
The Update options use the Updated Time field to retrieve records

16. Viewing Actual Load Data
Since Actual Load postings are always in the past, the easiest way to view them is to set the Attribute for the load of interest with Time = Active and Before Today
Only one record exists per day

17. Viewing Forecasted Load Data
Forecasted Load Posting data is always for days in the future, so the time filters can alter what is displayed
Setting the Time filters to “Active Today forward” or “Start Today forward” results in showing all future records
Multiple records may exist for certain days

18. Viewing Forecasted Load Data
Setting the Time filters to “Update Today“ returns all records updated by today’s load posting

19. Example - Why are there multiple records?
Let’s look at an example of June 1 for Native Forecasted Load
Two records exist
On the System Data Summary page, look for the Posting Ref with the highest numerical value to find the active one
In this example, the value is active since it is the latest record

20. Example - Why are there multiple records?
We can track the history of the Forecasted Load postings for this day by looking at the Audit history, however the easiest way to determine the most recent record is by looking for the Posting Ref with the highest numerical value.
In order to view the historical postings, click on the Posting ref to open a Record

21. Example - Why are there multiple records?
The Individual Record opens
Click the Audit button from this screen to see the history of the record

22. Example - Why are there multiple records?
This record is for the 15:00-16:00 hour on May 1st
The Audit Log shows that this record initially was created on April 28th
This record has been updated once with a different MW value on May 27th

23. Example - Why are there multiple records?
The second record for May 1st is for the 16:00-17:00 hour
This record was initially created on May 23rd
The Record Type = I shows the initial record; the Record Types = U show the updates
This record has 5 updates with the last one being the current value